{"id":77,"date":"2015-11-07T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fotographia.jacobmartella.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2015-11-07T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T23:02:00","slug":"what-we-have-here-is-a-failure-to-execute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.jacobmartella.com\/fotographia\/2015\/11\/07\/what-we-have-here-is-a-failure-to-execute\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Have Here is a Failure to Execute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I spent the vast majority of my time in my dorm room cooped up being sick with viral pharyngitis and a fever. Safe to say, it was no fun.<\/p>\n<p>So when I woke up Saturday feeling infinitely much better, I decided it was time to get off of campus for a while. And without a doubt, I headed north and east.<\/p>\n<p>Taking my usual route, I followed the Union Pacific&#8217;s Austin Sub up to Round Rock. With a green light showing for a north-bound train at the I-35 underpass, I pulled off at a park a little further ahead alongside the track. I waited for five minutes and then decided to continuing up the line towards Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Bad move. As I began to exit the park, a north-bound Union Pacific container stack train roared on by. I missed this chance, but the chase was on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/demo.jacobmartella.com\/fotographia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/IMG_4010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/fotographia.jacobmartella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/IMG_4010.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4010\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I caught back up with the train just east of Taylor. I got what I thought was far enough ahead before stopping at a convenience store to snap a few photos and grab a Gatorade. Turns out, I only had a few seconds before getting this meh photo.<\/p>\n<p>I passed the train again just east of Thorndale and drove into Rockdale towards a small train museum in downtown. Again, I thought I had given myself enough time to park and get at least somewhat set up. Again, I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I pulled down the street the museum, the train was already zooming by. I ended up pulling up to the crossing and getting a few pictures with the train zipping passed the museum before returning to Austin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demo.jacobmartella.com\/fotographia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/IMG_4016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fotographia.jacobmartella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/IMG_4016.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4016\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A north-bound Union Pacific container stack train zooms by the Rockdale Depot Museum on Nov. 7, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Considering how bad this week has actually gone, this wasn&#8217;t too bad in the grand scheme of things. It certainly could have gone better, but at least I came back with something, which is a lot better than what I can say about some trips I&#8217;ve made.<\/p>\n<p>But hopefully next trip out, everything actually comes together like it should. Hopefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I spent the vast majority of my time in my dorm room cooped up being sick with viral pharyngitis and a fever. Safe to say, it was no fun. So when I woke up Saturday feeling infinitely much better, I decided it was time to get off of campus for a while. 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